diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-nuget.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-nuget.yml
index bb24b941..1df99eba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-nuget.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-nuget.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ jobs:
 
       # dotnet nuget push implements its own glob expansion; the path is quoted so the shell does
       # not expand it first (two packable projects produce two .nupkg files here).
+      #
+      # --skip-duplicate reports any 409 as "already exists" and exits zero, which is how two
+      # dispatches went green while every push was in fact refused by an ID prefix reservation. The
+      # flag stays, because retrying a dispatch after a partial push must not abort on the package
+      # that already landed; what changes is that it no longer decides success on its own. The
+      # verification below does, and it separates the two outcomes the flag conflates.
       - name: Push to NuGet.org
         if: inputs.target == 'nuget'
         run: >
@@ -103,6 +109,46 @@ jobs:
           --api-key ${{ steps.nuget-login.outputs.NUGET_API_KEY }}
           --skip-duplicate
 
+      # A push that exits zero is not a publication. This asks the flat container for the exact
+      # versions the pack step produced: a package that genuinely already existed answers yes, a
+      # package the gallery refused answers no. A newly accepted version appears only once
+      # validation completes, so the check waits rather than reading the registry once.
+      - name: Verify NuGet.org publication
+        if: inputs.target == 'nuget'
+        shell: pwsh
+        env:
+          PACKAGE_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          $version = $env:PACKAGE_VERSION
+          $suffix = ".$version.nupkg"
+          $packages = Get-ChildItem packages | Where-Object { $_.Extension -eq '.nupkg' }
+          if ($packages.Count -eq 0) { throw "No .nupkg files were produced, so there is nothing to verify." }
+          $ids = $packages | ForEach-Object {
+            if (-not $_.Name.EndsWith($suffix)) { throw "Package file '$($_.Name)' does not carry the dispatched version '$version'." }
+            $_.Name.Substring(0, $_.Name.Length - $suffix.Length)
+          }
+          $wanted = $version.ToLowerInvariant()
+          $deadline = (Get-Date).AddMinutes(10)
+          while ($true) {
+            $missing = @()
+            foreach ($id in $ids) {
+              $url = "https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/$($id.ToLowerInvariant())/index.json"
+              $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -SkipHttpErrorCheck -Headers @{ 'Cache-Control' = 'no-cache' }
+              $published = $response.StatusCode -eq 200 -and
+                (($response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json).versions -contains $wanted)
+              if (-not $published) { $missing += $id }
+            }
+            if ($missing.Count -eq 0) {
+              Write-Host "Published on NuGet.org: $($ids -join ', ') $version"
+              break
+            }
+            if ((Get-Date) -ge $deadline) {
+              throw "Still absent from NuGet.org after 10 minutes: $($missing -join ', ') $version. The push reported success, so check the gallery for a refused or still-validating upload."
+            }
+            Write-Host "Awaiting NuGet.org validation: $($missing -join ', ')"
+            Start-Sleep -Seconds 20
+          }
+
       - name: Push to GitHub Packages
         if: inputs.target == 'github'
         run: >